2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 47 - Revenue and Taxation
RS 47:511.1 - Temporary permits
§511.1. Temporary permits
A. A truck owned by a resident of another state which has not made a reciprocal arrangement as provided in R.S. 47:511 may be operated upon the public highways of this state when it is not registered and licensed in this state provided that prior to such operation, the owner has secured from the commissioner a temporary license and registration and has paid to the commissioner a fee of fifty dollars which shall authorize the operation of such truck for a period of forty-eight continuous hours.
B. The Weights and Standards Police Force is hereby authorized and empowered to issue temporary permits on behalf of the commissioner and to enforce the provisions of this Section.
C. If upon inspecting a vehicle or combination of vehicles it is found that it has no temporary permit, the weights and standards police officer or other enforcement officer of the commissioner may impound the vehicle and may require the operator to purchase forthwith a temporary permit. Two hundred dollars shall be added to the cost of purchasing a temporary permit as a penalty.
D. Payments for penalties under this Section shall be remitted to the commissioner. Such payment shall be made by certified check, money order, or credit card. If payment is made by credit card, the payment shall be deemed received by the commissioner when tendered and an approval code is obtained from the credit card company or credit card processor.
E. All of such penalties collected by the commissioner shall be paid into the state treasury on or before the twenty-fifth day of each month following their collection and, in accordance with Article VII, Section 9 of the constitution shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. However, after a sufficient amount of the penalties collected by the commissioner is allocated from the fund to pay all obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state within any fiscal year, the treasurer shall pay an amount equal to the penalties paid into the Bond Security and Redemption Fund pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection into the Transportation Trust Fund created under Article VII, Section 27 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 267, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 113, §1, eff. June 22, 1978; Acts 1992, No. 984, §14; Acts 2006, No. 728, §2; Acts 2010, No. 320, §4, eff. July 1, 2010.
